Summary: Aluminum exposure can be reduced by decreasing your intake of highly processed foods and reducing your use of aluminum foil and aluminum cooking utensils.

Should You Stop Using Aluminum Foil?

Aluminum foil isn’t considered dangerous, but it can increase the aluminum content of your diet by a small amount.

If you are concerned about the amount of aluminum in your diet, you may want to stop cooking with aluminum foil.

However, the amount of aluminum that foil contributes to your diet is likely insignificant.

As you are probably eating far below the amount of aluminum that is considered safe, removing aluminum foil from your cooking shouldn’t be necessary.

–Helen has a BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. She has extensive experience as a gastro-specialist Dietitian in the UK’s National Health Service and is passionate about evidence-based nutrition.